God of War III Walkthrough & Strategy Guide

The final prompt will end this segment of the battle. The next segment has you on the end of Hades' long Claws. Attack him with heavy and light attacks while resisting his pull. If you get pulled into the water, simply mash the button shown to pull yourself out. You can still evade attacks here. When the prompt appears, follow the commands to obtain the Claws of Hades.

You can test out your new weapon on the foes that appear -- they feel fairly similar to the Chains of Exile. The magic associated with this weapon, Soul Summon, allows you to summon the Souls to fight for you. Upgrade it to select from a larger menu of Souls. You can select a Soul by pressing TRIANGLE in the pause menu. Note: You can now upgrade several different weapons using the Red Experience Orbs you collect, but we highly recommend you spend your Orbs on the Chains of Exile first, since many forthcoming battles are made easier with the moves you unlock, like Cyclone of Chaos.

Soon Hades will reappear. This portion of the battle is fairly simple. Hades employs powerful attacks, but you can largely ignore them by using the grapple point that often appears on the left side of the screen. Use the grapple point as soon as it appears to zip around to Hades back.

Just keep attacking him and moving around his back and you'll eventually get the final prompt to kill Hades. Follow the buttons carefully to rip his soul from his body and gain the power of the God of the Underworld.

You can now safely swim in the waters of Styx. Save at the new save point and hop into the river. Immediately swim to the bottom of the water to snag Hades' Helm (Godly Possession 2/10).

Swim downstream through corpse of the god and rise to the surface when you come to the dead end. Here you'll be asked to employ your Soul Summon ability to eliminate the foes that appear. Do so to bring down the barrier blocking the way. Each Soul attack is different in duration and range, so switch things up to see which Souls you prefer.

Continue down the submerged tunnel to another gate. Rise to the surface and pull the lever to continue. At the dead end, surface to find yourself back in Hephaestus's workshop.

After the conversation, save and run down the ramps in front of Hephaestus. You'll need to backtrack a bit here. Before you can turn the crank in the next area you be confronted by several stone statues and dogs. Grab the dogs and kick them at the statues to stun them. Otherwise, be sure to evade their attacks. You'll get bonus Red Experience Orbs for using quick finishers on the statues.

Turn the crank in the center of the area counterclockwise until the opening is lines up with the top of the area. Head down the passage and you'll find yourself back outside. Follow the path down to the statue of Pandora and hop off the ledge just like you did before.

Use the grapple points to get back to the save point. This time, head right towards the glowing blue portal -- this is a Hyperian Gate and it will take you out of Hades now that you have the power of the God of the Underworld. Step into the Gate.